The year 2014 is going to be a crucial one for the transition in Afghanistan, both from the political point of view as well as that of security management. Instead we risk making the mistake of thinking that with the end of ISAF we will not longer need to concern ourselves with that country, with […]
Read moreForeign Minister Federica Mogherini has confirmed the news of the release of two Italian priests, Gianantonio Allegri e Giampaolo Marta, who were kidnapped on 5 April 2014 along with a Canadian nun from the Tchere mission in Maroua diocese, in northern Cameroon. Sister Gilberte Bussière was also freed. “I’m overjoyed. I wish first of all […]
Read more“L’Italia condanna l’attentato terroristico del 22 maggio nella capitale della Regione cinese dello Xinjiang, che ha causato oltre 30 vittime e almeno 90 feriti. Al pari di ogni atto di violenza contro civili, l’attacco compiuto è inaccettabile e ingiustificabile. Il Governo italiano porge il suo cordoglio al Governo della Repubblica Popolare di Cina e invia le […]
Read moreForeign Minister Federica Mogherini has invited the Group of Eminent Persons (GEM) to hold one of the next meetings in Italy, after the Stockholm meeting which she attended earlier this month (April 2014). The announcement was made by Ambassador Vinicio Mati, Italy’s permanent representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Ambassador Mati had attended the […]
Read moreFederica Mogherini arrived in Stockholm yesterday for the first visit by an Italian forcing minister to Sweden since 1996. After holding a bilateral meeting with Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt, is attending a meeting today of the Group of Eminent Persons (GEM) of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
Read moreAid from Italy to the Federal Government of Somalia to increase the country’s capacity to control its territory and combat terrorism now exceeds 1 million euros. The material supplied to the Somali federal institutions includes satellite antenna, electricity generators and security systems for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And in Mogadishu a ceremony to deliver […]
Read moreThe Indian supreme court has allowed the Italian Marines objection to the use of the NIA antiterrorism police and supended the special tribunal on their case. Next hearing to be held in four weeks.
Read moreTerrorism continues to be one of the main threats to security that the international community must address through initiatives that, to succeed, must act in synergy. Preventing and combating terrorism The work done by diplomats is particularly important in this sector, but little known. Our guest on the 18th instalment of “Diplomazia e Dintorni” is […]
Read moreItaly returns to the presidency of the Geneva Disarmament Conference, after a hiatus of nearly 11 years, in the person of Italian Permanent Representative to the Conference Amabssador Vinicio Mati, who took up the post on Tuesday 18 February. The Conference is the primary multilateral forum available to the international community for negotiations on matters […]
Read moreThe Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Michele Valensise summoned today the Indian ambassador to Italy, Basant Kumar Gupta, to the foreign ministry in Rome to express the Italian government’s surprise and deep disappointment at the latest deferral by the Indian Supreme Court of the case of Italian Marines Latorre and Girone. […]
Read moreItaly has reiterated its firm commitment to go on working in close coordination with the Libyan authorities and the international community to support Libya’s stabilisation and democratic transition and stabilisation. In this framework, a meeting of senior officials from 25 countries and 5 international organisations took place today (12 February) at the Farnesina to prepare […]
Read moreThe Syrian crisis and its repercussions in Lebanon and Iraq, the Southern Neighbourhood, and Ukraine are among the main topics on the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting of EU foreign ministers today in Brussels. Minister Emma Bonino will outline Italy’s position on the various items on the table, and will also reintroduce […]
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